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An introduction to Isabelle, as she defiantly confronts the frustration, confusion and loneliness that are the effects of Alzheimer’s.

A pair of huntresses encounter a stranger in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Florrie juggles relationships with three different men. Now in her thirties, she may be forced to pick one, but it's complicated.

Individuals who live with poverty in Canada perform their stories onstage as a way to confront societal stereotypes, misconceptions and inequalities.

"Her Voice is an intimate portrait of dysphoria and discovery for a young trans woman going through vocal training." -VQFF

Through the use of spoken word, two distinct stories that begin in two different times and places move toward the same event where a sailor is murdered at sea. One story follows another man's quest to win over the affections of a fellow sailor. As a whole, the video tells the story of the sometimes turbulent relationship between masculine and feminine bodies.

Philip and Jodie meet under an unsettling coincidental circumstance. They both evoke the past to better understand their present reunion. Once more, in the future, by chance they come across each other's paths. This time they understand that it is no longer a coincidence but yet their destiny.

The grief of a man, Felix, following the death of his mother. Church, a family meeting, childhood memories, — then the brothel : Felix takes refuge in the arms of a prostitute, for a night that sheds a new light on his mother's death.

This film tells the story of Noah, a young woman in her late twenties, who, the day after an unattached affair, finds herself pregnant and forced to make a heartbreaking choice. It is by turning to the tranquility of the countryside and to the wisdom of his grandmother Beatrice that Noah will be able to advance, step by step, in his thinking. It is sheltered by the grandiose calm of the great outdoors and by the love of his grandmother, beyond judgment, that Noah will be able to put his thoughts in order and make his decision.

So Are You is a 25 minute videotape about the difficulties of assuming ones self-identity. Identity is shaped and informed by the dominant culture, often producing stereotypes that are reinforced by the media. Through such structures racist behaviour is learned and condoned. So Are You uses unconventional structures and casting to criticize stereotypes. The eighteen cast members include Natives, Asians, Blacks and Whites. Paul Wong continues to explore the idea of self-identity by investigating gender boundaries through the inclusion of a set of identical male twins and two female impersonators who portray twins and two female impersonators who portray twins in the cast. The video uses recognizable television and cinematic framing devices to highlight the idea of the construction and dissemination of stereotypes through the broadcast news, cinema verite, interviews, etc. Comprised of short scenes, So Are You is faced paced and entertaining.

A short film that weaves together original and archival material to create an ethereal narrative texture, Black Saltwater Elegy intimately links the discordant threads of a popular history of dispossession (Africville) with the solitude of its protagonist's graveyard-shift fantasies. After opening with disquieting archival footage of the demolition of Africville, the film shifts to an austere observational portrait. A palatable sense of the duration of midnight work slowly shifts into subtle gestures that hint towards choreographed events. Eventually, a breech occurs as the protagonist fuses with an emergent dreamscape, where ruined landscapes and a resurrection of an extinct community intertwine. Using the protagonist's disembodied point-of-view, the audience floats above a reconstructed Africville, one forever present, nesting in a bed of saltwater fog.

A divorced Dad attempts to impress her daughter as a rockstar over a weekend full of mixed emotions.

"Body Language" is a gripping silent film that explores the tumultuous dynamics of a deteriorating relationship within the confines of a stark, white room. The absence of dialogue heightens the intensity of the emotional turmoil as a couple sits across from each other, their faces etched with resentment and pain.

St-Ludger-de-Milot’s far left militia has been planning to create chaos for too long. Mounia, a very inspired recruit, is losing patience faced with her hotheaded leader Victor’s incompetence. A beaver is now bringing down trees on their lair, a recruitment video is stirring up controversy : everything seems to conspire against the rebels. But couldn’t all this mayhem be handy in their quest for chaos?

Lullaby, a reserved, lonesome actress goes to an underground club one night and meets a man named CT. Lullaby Blues details the story of the formation and eventual destruction of their relationship.

A selfish young athlete is confronted by Coyote in an unexpected way.

Two friends attempt to unbury the past.

In this original short film based on "Good Luck, Babe" by Chappell Roan, Travel along with James, as his train ride is hijacked by a mysterious yet familiar stranger, Marshal. Together, Marshal helps James reconcile with things from his past, and even things about himself, he preferred to leave behind. Will James ever find the courage to have what he wants, instead of settling for what he needs

“Prisoner” follows Adam, a 12-year-old refugee, confronting the unsettling reality of his father Saeed’s past as a political prisoner.

A man posts a newspaper ad in order to find a gun range partner to help him commit suicide.

A young couple find themselves in an empty parking lot in the middle of the night with a hostage after a home invasion gone wrong.

The world's water is contaminated. Infected individuals develop an unprecedented aggressivity and lose their hearing. Hubert Pelletier, a survivor of the apocalypse, is reunited with his daughter, Corinne, who had been missing for 5 days... without water.

A meditation on war and the indescribable violence and human suffering it brings.

Every evening, Eugène Fortin becomes Madame Simone, to the delight of club-goers around town. His flamboyant costumes, a pastiche of many styles, give him the look of a clown from the end of the last century. One day, Madame Simone hears a voice urging him to go to the Wigstock festival in New York: a gathering dear to both transvestites and wig fans.

A boy befriends the new kid at school who is on the local dive team. His new friend convinces him to join the team.

A woman goes through a tough breakup.

An intense and brutal evening between two long-time friends… Secrets will be revealed as they dance through the night between anger, humiliation and happiness…

"This two-part video is a newcomer’s portrait of Montréal. I spent my first winter in Québec in a cold, dark, first floor apartment. I sat in the kitchen beside the electric heater, drinking coffee while watching the electric meter, wondering how I would pay my bills. At night, I looked at the illuminated “Q” on the Hydro Québec building and imagined how much it cost to keep it lit. In the second section, a man looks for meaning in the tile patterns of the Champ-de-Mars metro station. I took his search to an end more absurd than anything I could hope to enact. The moral of these two tales is: “Don’t lose you sense of humour”. It’s from this cliché that the video derives its title." - Nelson Henricks

FPS is a shooter game in which only one bullet is fired and then you deal with the aftermath of actually shooting a human.

A woman enters a nightclub where she is desired, but never truly seen.

Two men meet for a first date. Things go well until they don't.

A man goes on a quest to find an objective list of pros and cons for committing suicide.

This film follows a young girl who attempts to overcome the side effects of alcohol abuse while trying to deal with social anxiety on a first date.

A surrealist comedy about sisters living in isolation on their farmland, who harvest and smoke glitter that gives them super strength.

Groove, Slam, Work It Back gives a glimpse into Sayla and Ishi's grief, as they meet at Sayla's mother's for the new year. They prepare to watch the sunset by dressing in colourful outfits, having a dance party and poking fun at each other. However, when comes the time to talk about Sayla's late sister, simultaneously Ishi's late girlfriend, they have conflicting approaches. As Sayla continuously withholds information, Ishi prods to know more about the sisters' mystery tradition. When everything comes to a head, who decides the best way to grieve? Through their interactions, Ishi and Sayla learn to be more patient with each other and look ahead to this journey of mixed memories and shared joy.

A short film about a lesbian woman who, after a confrontation with her mother, reflects on the sexual abuse she experienced throughout her childhood and her life now with her partner.

The Last Shoes is a poignant exploration of the inevitable passage of time, framed through the tender relationship between a father and his son. At the height of his youth, the son revels in life’s joyous moments: marriage, the birth of his own child, and professional success. These milestones bring happiness, but beneath his achievements lies a hidden sorrow in his father’s heart.

In the wake of his childhood friend’s suicide, Danny will do anything to stay out of the house. As a last ditch effort to reconnect the friend group, Danny brings "the boys" back together for one last summer night.

A video that examines the paradigm of misogyny, deeply rooted and internalized in our culture. The biblical story of Lot and a horrifying event that my grandfather experienced, forced me to consider my own responsibility and lack of innocence.

A short video in three acts that tells the story of an encounter between three men. Possibility, certainty and reality. The place: between Montreal and the Laurentians in the autumn of 1984. The misty and damp atmosphere of late November. The narration is singed by Yves Dionne.

Memories, identity, intergenerational trauma and diaspora become merged and confused. An exploration of a meditative respite from the human condition.

Sessions in Grief is a film about the acceptance of a new identity and self, and the grieving of ones past.

A recently released mental patient imagines himself living the lives of three different people he randomly encounters.

The story follows the journey of an artist, with whom many of us can identify in different ways.

The Visitor and Red sit together and have a talk about life.

The day of two best friends changes completely when a mysterious mute boy arrives.

When Aster’s life falls into chaos, their Peace Lily wilts away from neglect.

A doomed warrior, offered a path to redemption, journeys to the heart of the black forest on an execution mission.

After blaming himself for the suicide of his best friend, an art prodigy crawls out of drunk isolation to find redemption in taking custody of his best friend's defiant son.

Julian has agreed to help Henry make his first film--but, on the day of shooting, Julian shows up having taken four tabs of LSD. Across the streets of Toronto, the two friends battle for control of the frame and struggle towards the meanings of art and communication.

Contemplating suicide, a young gay man is heartbroken over his lost love.

"Take from the rich. Keep for the poor. That's what we're here for". Ravi and Samar are two orphaned pickpocket brothers from Delhi, India. When a heist goes wrong, tragedy leaves one boy seeking retribution.

Diana Lawson is planning for the party of a lifetime. Unfortunately, time is running out.

An eccentric grandfather drags his unsuspecting granddaughter on the run, in search of safety from the nuclear war he believes has begun.

A man finds his fiancé in Athens, years after she went missing. Together, they embark on a drug-fuelled road trip across Europe as he tries to unravel the mystery of why she no longer recognizes him.

A story about a warrior, once fought with the light, now consumed by darkness. Trying to let go of his past, only for the voices of the ones he loved to flood his head.